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Here's a story from factcheck.org with a different take on the enigma that is Sarah Palin.

According to factcheck.org, several of the rumors out there about Palin are not true.

For example:

-Sarah Palin did not try to ban books from the library; she merely asked a "rhetorical question" of the librarian, fired her, and then rehired her the next day.

-Sarah Palin did not cut special needs education funding.

-Sarah Palin did not push for teaching creationism alongside evolution in Alaska schools; she merely said "teach both" in a debate and then clarified her remarks later by saying that creationism didn't have to be "part of the curriculum."

If factcheck.org's findings are accurate, then obviously those of us who spread these stories were mistaken.

However, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about Palin's record.

-What, exactly, qualifies her to be President of the United States, besides the proximity of Alaska to Russia, and being mayor of a town the size of a condo board, followed by 20 months of so-called executive experience governing a state with fewer people than Dallas, Texas?